Do they make rangefinders that work on the scale of miles, like if you're boating and want to know how many miles away that island is in the distance?
33726
Nikon only makes one with a range of over 1000 yards. The MONARCH Gold Laser 1200 Displays in .5-yard increments: Displays in .5-yard increments out to 1,000 yards and 1-yard increments beyond 1,000 yards.
968289
Yes, I guess you could. I sometimes use mine to look at land that is about 60 miles away.
715225
Yes. Once the unit is charged the rangefinder is operational without even turning the GPS on. Simply point and shoot. Without using the GPS the rangefinder will operate for many, many rounds.
2281313
I don't think so. These are gee,at but i think you would need something with greater power for rifle range spotting.
1295652
Just got mine & used it twice last week. My 2nd setup was 127 YARDS per my range finder. No problems at all. Great little call.
1672303
You can but keep in mind the accuracy is not survey quality. Best accuracy I've seen with it is +/- 10 feet.
1203770
Depending on the distance, it will be less accurate the farther away you get. It should give a decent approximation at that distance.
1161392
The more light that is absorbed by any object (e.g. fuzzy textures), the lesser the amount of reflected light will get get back to the rangefinder, thus the less reflective that particular object is. But the more reflective the object, the farther your renagefinder will be in effectively reading it's own bounced-back light signal. Rangefinders use a laser traveling at a specific measured speed. The ranger finder sends that laser light in "pulses" (not steady stream), it then measures the time for that specific "pulse of light" to return to its own receiving lens. If too much of the laser is absorbed by a soft or fuzzy surface, or if the target is too far away (essentially dimming the light-pulse), then the rangefinder will fail to get any accurate reading. The farther out the laser goes, the less powerful its light-signal will become... causing it to show an "error" response (no measured distance will appear). When a rangefinder's laser light hits ANY reflective object (like a car, clean sheet metal, hard flat surface of a stone, stiff tall weeds, tree, building, etc.) the more of the rangefinder's laser-light signal gets reflected back (instead of being "absorbed"//"distorted"); allowing a rangefinder to get an adequate read of the laser-light signal strength back from grearter distances. A "reflective object" does exactly that: it easily/readily reflects light off its surface... and that would include an animal. Fur does reflect some light... usually having a greater degree of reflectivity at closer distances. I've seen this and other rangefinders operate better than or less than the distance they claim. However, the greater the power of the laser, the greater the distance for getting an accurate reading. Falling rain, mist snow, and sleet can impede successful readings.
464154
According to the manual that came with it theres a section called Using the Odometer which records the time and distance traveled. I am a golfer so I have never tried that function!
943088
Yes, but it depends how large of an area you lose your keys in. I don't think the range would work in a large field but if you came close enough to the finder, yes.
1332937
It is an accurate rangefinder. Compensates for angle, where necessary. "Best" is relative.
1584824
I don't know how you want to use it for boating navigation. It has a tracking feature. You can manually input coordinates and go to that location. It has many features. It uses 2 - AA batteries.
2238239
No. If you go to the Garmin website you can easily compare the models. The price increase for measuring to hazards was not worth it to me. Also, if I remember correctly, hazard distances are actually something you have to manually program. You should verify this when you compare features.
294948
Yes, I bought it for my boyfriend because the one he had was stolen. He uses it, and he says it works great. The numbers are very clear and larger than his other rangefinder he had. He likes it a lot, and he's very particular.
14427
it will measure to anything you can put the laser on, but if you are looking beyond 500 yards there are specific rangefinders for firearms.
753871
I, too, opted against the barometric (as opposed to satellite-generated) altimeter and the electronic compass, but as a Search and Rescue volunteer I have pretty specific needs. The barometric altimeter, according to Garmin tech support, is good to 70 feet, which is about two 40 foot contour lines. If you're asked to "search along the 5000 ft contour line for one mile, and return on the 5200 ft line," that amount of error is unacceptable. (The satellite-generated elevation error is twice that, plus.) I discussed the electronic compass with a fellow SAR member, and she was disappointed with hers: according to her, the accuracy we need just isn't there ("accuracy means different things to an engineer designing a GPS and a searcher - for us, 93 degrees must be 93 degrees").
1494238
Yes, the device has at least a 500 ft. min., range scale, so yes you can accurately fins another spot 700 ft., north or south, east, west, etc... from were you are. The GPS will get you with-in a reasonable distance of the spot. (ie: 10 ft or so).